VMware performance monitor

The VMware performance monitor can query a VMware performance counter for a VMware host or a vCenter server and compare it to a value using a compare operation. If the compare operation evaluates to false the monitor fails the test. Supports ESX 4.1 & ESXi 5. Makes no changes to the target VMware host machine. Supports most performance counters devices, such as hosts, datastores, and virtualstores. VMware counters for guests (virtual machines) are not supported.

• System type: VMware
• Category: Performance

Note: Only monitor specific settings are documented here. See Standard monitor settings.

Identify the device as a VMWare system type

VMware performance monitor properties page

Monitor specific properties

• Counter/Instance - Name of the primary performance counter to test. The instance field is intentionally left blank for some counter types. A scan automatically enumerates the values displayed. Click the Rescan link to refresh these values.
• Data type - The unit of data sampled by the test. This makes it possible to group data from this type of monitor with other monitors such as CPU utilization in reports.
• Value type - Type of value returned.
• Compare operation - Operation used to evaluate the returned result and the predefined compare value.
• Compare value - User defined compare value. Only numerical values are valid.